Felt welt and method of making same for gloves and the like.



L. KNEE.

FELT, WELT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME FOR GLOVES AND THE LIKE.

AFLICATION FILED DEC.20. 1916.

Patented June 216, 191?.

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To all wiwm't'taay coucemii Be itknowngthatl, Lou s KNEE, a citizen ofthe UnitedQStates, and residentof New York city, borough of Manhattan,'in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have iii*vented'cer'tain'new and useful 1mprovements in Felt WeltsL an'd Methods of iaking Samefor Gloves and the like, of

which the following is a specification. The object of my invention is toprovide welts adapted to be sewed in the seams of V which. shall bestrong and durable,

manufacturedand used, and cheap to manufacture.

1 then pointed out in the claims.

gloves and other articles of apparel and readily My invention comprisesnovel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will'be morefully hereinafter set forth and- Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure 1 is a partly broken side view of a roll of fabric mounted on acore from which a series of welts are to be out while on the core;

' Fig. 2 is a partly broken side view illustrating a completed series ofwelts on the core; 7

Fig. 3 is an end view of a portion of Fig. 2; r

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective illustrating a portion of several weltsupon the core, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view illustrating the manner of attaching thefabric on the core to be wound for making the welts.

The numeral 1 indicates a core shown in the form of a tube, which may beof paper,

pasteboard or the like, adapted to support a series of welts side byside. In making the welts a strip of fabric, such as felt, of suitablewidth and length, indicated at 2 (Figs. 1 and 5), is first wound uponcore 1, the inner end of such strip being suitably secured upon thecore, as by winding the end portion of the strip around the core andgluing the parts together, as indicated at 3, whereby a fabric roll ismounted upon the core to a suitable diameter according to the length andthickness of the fabric. By preference, the felt, before being wounduponthe core, is first treated with a suitable coating preparation a, suchas by applying.

' port the latter side by side.

. plied in such. articles.

Specification or Letters latenti Patented June 26, iil iltt hpplicationfil ed December 20, 1916. Serial No. 137,950.- v r o strengthen thelatter and render it the more winding of paper, indicated at 4, theoverlapping ends-5 of which paper are glued together. The roll ofcovered fabric thus formed is then cut transversely by suitably --spacedslits/7, to produce welts 6 of suitable width located in series side byside upon the core, but the. core is not out through whereby it remainswithin the series of welts to sup- The fabric may be cut through theinner winding that is upon the 'core (Fig. 5), but without cuttingthrough the core, upon any well known cloth cutting machine adapted forsuch purpose. Vf-hen, the roll} is cut to form the series of welts, thepaper covering a will also be correspondingly cut but will remainsurrounding each coil of welt, so that each convolution of fabric on thecore forming a welt will be retained by the paper covering fromunwinding.

When the welts are to be used, the core 1, carrying the series of welts6 that are located side by side thereon, may be placed uppn any suitablesupport or spindle, and then the welts may be drawn or unwound from thecore successively as required, the covering 4 on each welt first beingremoved therefrom to permit access to the free end of the welt, thecoverings on the several unused welts retaining the latter fromunrolling until used.

My improved welts, when made of felt convolutions as described, maybe ofconsiderable continuous length, and are adapted to be sewed in the seamsof gloves, mittens and analogous articles of apparel, in a well knownmanner of applying welts to such articles, and said welts may be rapidlyap- Said welts are economically manufaetured owing to their extendedlengths, and are much cheaper than leatli'er welts which have been sewedthe seams of gloves, mittens and the like.

It will be apparent that since a series of may all at once 'be placedwith the core upon a support or spindle, to there remain until all thewelts are used, thus reducing the handling'of welts to a m n m m,

compared with that required where each -welt is supplied as a singleunit, serving thereby to reduce the cost in using welts.

Having now described my invention what I claim is 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, the

combination of an integral core, with aseries of independent \veltscomprising single fabric convolutions side by side upon said core.

2. As a new article of manufacture, the combination of an integral core,with a series of independent welts comprising single fabric convolutionsside by side upon said core, and bindings secured around said welts.

3. As a new article of manufacture, the combination of a core, with astrip of felt wound thereon and slit transversely ap proximately to thecore, the core being um severed. I

4. As a new article of manufacture, the combination of a core, with astrip of felt wound thereon, a binding secured around such winding, saidbinding and winding beingslit in spaced relation transversely to thecore, the core being'unsevered.

5. The method of making fabric welts consisting in winding a strip offabric upon a core, winding a binding covering upon said wound fabricand securing the binding thereon, and slitting said binding and thefabric transversely approximately to the core without cutting throughthe core, providing a series of welts wound side-by side upon the core.

Signed E'lt-eNQW York city. in the county of New York; and State of NewYork, this 19th day of December-,A. D. 1916. LOUIS KNEE.

Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, MARIE F. WAIERIGHT.

